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Four days after 12 minor girls were rescued from Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission in Nerul, more skeletons are tumbling out in the case. Now it has come to light that it took children from disturbed families and forced the parents to accept unreasonable conditions.When the Child Welfare Committee conducted a search at the premises, that was operational for 12 years without a licence from the
12 minor girls were rescued from Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission in Nerul on
Thursday
government, it came across a two-page consent form (Mumbai Mirror has a copy) containing the conditions.
The form states the parents will be able to meet their daughters only once in six months. Another condition is that if the girl stepped out of home without consent of caretakers and if something happened to her, the home would not be held responsible. Another clause talks of giving the girls lessons and sermons in Christianity as one of the conditions.
However, the most bizarre clause in the consent form is that if the child died at the institute the caretakers would not be held responsible. To make matters worse, parents had to agree to the caretakers allowing a post mortem if the child died without even notifying the parents.
Of the 12 girls rescued from the home, three were orphans while most were from disturbed families or had single parents. CWC found several documents pertaining to the girls, all aged between 4-12 years.
“The consent terms are really shocking. Parents were way too desperate to get a shelter for girls and simply signed the forms. Obviously caretakers at the homes wanted to take advantage of the desperation of the parents,” said a Thane CWC member.
12 minor girls were rescued from Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission in Nerul on Thursday
Interestingly, some of the parents have already come forward to take their daughters back home. “I am too poor to take care of my daughter. Plus, I need to work as well and could not leave her alone. I signed the forms hoping that she would get a better life,” said a girl’s mother.
The authorities are also disturbed as the documents showed that there were 19 girls till April though there were only 12 girls at the time of rescue. “We are trying to find out where the remaining seven have gone. The rescued girls have told us that there were many others who were also sexually assaulted by Satish Pagi, the caretaker. It is likely that the girls were sent out elsewhere after they complained of sexual harassment,” said another CWC member.
Case background
In the early hours of September 1 an officer from Nerul police station found eight minor girls roaming near Nerul station.
The girls initially said that they were on a picnic, but the officer did not buy their story and took them to the police station.
Later, the girls revealed that they were inmates of Mukti Mission home and they had escaped from there. They alleged sexual abuse and physical torture at the shelter.
Police raided the home and rescued four other minor girls. They also arrested the caretakers Satish Pagi and Anita Pagi.
During investigations Nerul police found that three inmates were forced to have oral sex with Satish and were beaten up by Anita. The girls did not get adequate food and were forced to do all the chores at the home.
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However, the most bizarre clause in the consent form is that if the child died at the institute the caretakers would not be held responsible. To make matters worse, parents had to agree to the caretakers allowing a post mortem if the child died without even notifying the parents.
Of the 12 girls rescued from the home, three were orphans while most were from disturbed families or had single parents. CWC found several documents pertaining to the girls, all aged between 4-12 years.
“The consent terms are really shocking. Parents were way too desperate to get a shelter for girls and simply signed the forms. Obviously caretakers at the homes wanted to take advantage of the desperation of the parents,” said a Thane CWC member.
12 minor girls were rescued from Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission in Nerul on Thursday
Interestingly, some of the parents have already come forward to take their daughters back home. “I am too poor to take care of my daughter. Plus, I need to work as well and could not leave her alone. I signed the forms hoping that she would get a better life,” said a girl’s mother.
The authorities are also disturbed as the documents showed that there were 19 girls till April though there were only 12 girls at the time of rescue. “We are trying to find out where the remaining seven have gone. The rescued girls have told us that there were many others who were also sexually assaulted by Satish Pagi, the caretaker. It is likely that the girls were sent out elsewhere after they complained of sexual harassment,” said another CWC member.
Case background
In the early hours of September 1 an officer from Nerul police station found eight minor girls roaming near Nerul station.
The girls initially said that they were on a picnic, but the officer did not buy their story and took them to the police station.
Later, the girls revealed that they were inmates of Mukti Mission home and they had escaped from there. They alleged sexual abuse and physical torture at the shelter.
Police raided the home and rescued four other minor girls. They also arrested the caretakers Satish Pagi and Anita Pagi.
During investigations Nerul police found that three inmates were forced to have oral sex with Satish and were beaten up by Anita. The girls did not get adequate food and were forced to do all the chores at the home.
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